Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641 1674

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+61.5%
Interview Lift
1380
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 38 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
6.9%
§102 Novelty
42.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18547192 METHODS OF TREATING LUNG CANCER BY ADMINISTERING A PD-1 INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18257793 NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING ANCHOR MODIFIED ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17996338 IMMUNOCONJUGATES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18260125 ANTI-N3pGlu AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
17436939 T CELL RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection University Health Network
18276916 ANTI-LAIR1 ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
17783345 ANTIBODIES TARGETING CELL SURFACE DEPOSITED COMPLEMENT PROTEIN C3d AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18000312 Dual EGFR-MUC1 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17631588 MULTI-VALENT AND MULTI-SPECIFIC NANOPARTICLE PLATFORMS AND METHODS Final Rejection The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
17621746 ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES THAT BIND PDGF-B AND PDGF-D AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17746112 VACCINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection China Medical University
18021323 LFA-1 SIGNALLING MEDIATOR FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Universität Basel
17634631 4-1BB AND OX40 BINDING PROTEINS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS, ANTIBODIES AGAINST 4-1BB, ANTIBODIES AGAINST OX40 Non-Final OA Aptevo Research and Development LLC
18009686 BISPECIFIC IMMUNE CELL ENGAGERS WITH BINDING SPECIFICITY FOR HLA-G AND ANOTHER ANTIGEN Non-Final OA TIZONA THERAPEUTICS
17606454 PRECURSOR TRI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Immunorizon Ltd.
17811455 ANTI-TIGIT ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA SHANGHAI HENLIUS BIOTECH, INC.
17636699 ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Elpis Biopharmaceuticals
17614698 BINDING PROTEINS COMPRISING THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF CD39 AND METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES Non-Final OA BAKER HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE

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